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In this episode, host Caroline Schafer chats with Spouse-ly service vendor Anne Villano who created her business - Anne Villano Art. While earning a degree in social work, Anne pours her heart and energy into developing her career as a professional artist. Her life goal, which she is actively working towards and making a reality with each painting and product sold, is to create a creative therapy program for military service members and their families. The program will address the mental health system of the military community, and it is geared toward offering military-affiliated individuals a space to talk about their mental health — an under-addressed issue in the military community.
After a challenging, almost life-threatening experience, she found a way to advocate for herself while seeking mental health care. She was in crisis and dealing with reintegration after her spouse was gone for a year. That’s when she discovered the system was not working for military spouses and those dealing with mental health issues. The situation lit a fire in her to take action. Her experience led her to seek her graduate degree in social work and combine art as a healing experience for those going through.
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